Jamie Clayton and Brian J. Smith on the boundary-pushing “Sense8”

Netflix’s Sense8debuts today, and it’s a sci-fi fantasy series from The Wachowskis (aka out trans filmmaker Lana Wachowskiand her brother Andy, the same people behind Bound). The show stars trans actress Jamie Clayton stars as Nomi Marks, a Sense8 who is a trans lesbian and reformed hacker living with her girlfriend in San Francisco. Last month, we spoke with Jamie and her co-star Brian J. Smith, who plays another Sense8, a Chicago cop named Will.

Sense8 is available on Netflix now. Check back next week for the recap of the premiere episode.